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WEEKLY BY DWINELL & FINLEY^DITORS
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Americans Shall Rule America.”
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2, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER, 11, 1855.
NUMBER 7.
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The following poem hr John Quincy Adorns,
Is doubtless (haulier to many of our readers.—
But as it is many years since it was publish
ed, it will bear a re perusal. The poem was
written in July, 1840, when Mr. Adams was
70 years of age, under these circumstances :
Gen. Ogle informed Mr. Adams that some
young ladies in the District bad requested him
to obtain Mr. Adam's autograph for thorn. In
aceordanoo with this request, Mr. Adams wrote
the following beautiful poem upon “The Wants
of Man/’oach stansa upon a sheet of note pa-
IfeT 5
The Wants of Man.
Ner crown nor'sceptre would Task
But for my country*# will,
By day, by night,to ply the task,
Her enp of bliss to All-
I want tbo voico of honest praise,
To follow mo behind,
And to be thought in fotnro days
The friend of human kind)
That after ages.es they rise
Exalting may proclaim,
la chorel union to tho skies,
Their blessingson my namo.
N*w c “,lr«d
nius was aeon
window
outside,
ual, who
"Man wants bnt little here below,
Nor wants drat little long.”
{Ooldemith's /Tenetfay*.
"Man wants bnt little here below,
Nor wants that little long 1”
*Tia not with mo exaetly so— ’
But ’tissoin my song;
My wants are many, and if told
Would muster many a score ;
And were each wish a monnt of gold,
I stUl would long for more.
• •awe*'
These are the wants of mortal man,
I cannot want them long—
For life itself Is but a span;
And earthly praise a song,
My last great want absorbing all
Is when beneath the sod,
And snmmbud to my final call,
Tke mercy of my Cod.
1855.30.
UV P ARTSSRHIP.
D. SHACKELFORD and JOXA-
D. PHILLIPS will practice joint-
style of Shackelford A
Jan 1,1855
SDK
KOE8S LeHARDY,.
AND TOPOGRAPHICAL
G ! NEE R,
YOR AND ARCHITECT,
POST OFFICE, SOME, GEORGIA,
DRS. T. J. A R. f. HP.ri|iM>giT
PHYSICIANS -
Georgia,, thaekfal for jmst «itc
* eontinnance of .pat-
JJAVING as*rt? :
9 in tho prac-
:e of Medicine and Surgery, offer their
fto'tbe piiflo Dr. Smith is *prepared
to treat any di; eases ofthe Eye wid Ear. Office
. on Wrfmi Qt., jbelow H. Ai Smith’s
Beek Store. tan 23 ’55. [ly
T, S, WOOD
Dealers in wa
nay 1
ri a tl y“]&iCDTBD.
'Sfy
!JU
m.
A. W. HARSH! W,
1 and Grnaaaental Punter, Tenders bis
I serriees to' the pubUc in bis line «f business.
He fottashifflHdf tbit, be will g^ve fall
_ aad»fHghyn foslliHA f*i fib employ him.—
tl«»i:wiMMMNlfaPsoidssignBRgesaaHw^FB>«nint
throngb the Post
!p tly attested-«>. {UOVI3
SaMtFactory!! T
STAHDXSH; &. BL ABXMAN
_ Successors of Jar. M. Sumter, conlin-
i oe to asntlbc.Uu« ,*h qf JOB
KfrrBB and SASH and BLINDS on the
m««t. reasonable terms, at the old stand on
Prowd Street. Hard^T.-r-ly
1 want a mrden and a, park
dwellini
My dwelling to surround—
A thousand acres, (Mess the mark,).
With wall encompass'd round.
Whore flocks may range and herds may low,
And kids and lambkins' play—
And flowers and fruits commingled grow,
All Eden to display. . .
And ob! while circles in my reins
Of my life the purple stream,
And yet a fragment still remains
Of nature’s transient droam;
My. soul inhumblo hope unseared
Forget not thou to pray,
That this thy want may be prepared,
To meet tkejudge-ment day.
Washington, June 14 1840.
I want, when summer foliage falls,
And autumn strips the trees,
A house within the eity walls
For comfort and for ease—
For here, as space is somewhat scant.
And acres, rather rare,
My house in town I only want
To occnpy—a square.
What next I want at hearj cost,.
Is elegant attire;
Black sable foes for winter frost,
And silk' for summer's fire ;
And Cashmere shawls, pad Bussels lace
My -bosom front to deck— ■
And. diamond rinse my hands to grace,
And-rabies for my neck.
I wants Steward, Butler, Cooks,
A Coachman, Footman, Grooms,
A libnuy of well bound books.
Andlpictnre garnished rooms,
Corregier, Magdalen and Night,
The Motron of their Chair.
Guido’s fleet courses in their flight,
And Claudes at least a pair.
I want ^cabinet profuse
With medals, coins and gems,
A printing press for private use,
Of fifty thousand erne ;
All plants, and minerals and shells,
Worms, insects, fishes, birds ;
And every beast on earth that dwells,
In solitude or herds;
I want aboard of burnished plate,
1 Of stiver and: of gold,
Tureen* of twenty pounds in weight
With sculptor's richest mould,
Plateors with chan ttaHers antt fanips.
Plates, dishes all the same ;
Aud procelain vases with the stamps
Of Sevres Auguoleme'.
’’S COlfiET BELL
PERFUMERY AND SOAPS
ARE
*■
the b r.rr *.a » s
567 BROADWAY,
COBBEB OF PB1SCE STREET, TX. T.
ASK FOR THEM WHEN SHOPPING.
oe9 +* ■ ‘ 3m
And marbles of fair glossy stain,
tmbi
Mnst form my ebsmber doors,
And carpets of tbo Wilton grain.
Mast cover alt-ay floors.
My walls with tapestry be decked,
Mast never be outdone ;
And damask cortains must protect
Their colors from the aud.
And mirrors of the largest pane
From Venice must be brought;
And sandle wood and bamboo cane,
For .chain, and tables bought,
On all the mantle pieces, clocks -
OF thrice gilt bronze mqst stand,
And screens of ebony and box
Invite i
i the stranger’s hand.
Factors, Comi&mtoB Merchants,
AND F o R W A RDtNG A fl;BTS.
RICHARD A. JONES
SEAi.EE tit ’
Always on Land,
WILCOX, HiSD ASO A.YSLEY,
(kiuita «nene* aft.
V.' u o L !■: 6 A i. E 9 E
Ae<rn-ta, fea.
wbfcre be wi51 give 1-i? excluriv« attention to
porcha^iBg goods; this will enable us to offer
greater advanUgta than were pofiessed by oar
Particular attention given to consignment of
augglly
T. E. IUPLEY,
ATLANTA, GA, . . _
in China. Crockery, ,and Glass
I ; La rape of all kinds ; Oils, Cam-
pbine, Fluid, and Alcohol by the bbl Terms
Cash in advance. Jan 9, 1855 - ly
J. M. TOMLINSON,
P LAFS, Si0S O**. Pa»«enger Cat.
Fresco, Ornamental and Decorr 1 ~||' ' mm
Also manufacturer of Gilt Glass
Window Sign^, Numbers for
Gburches and Street Numbers. v . _ ' : .
Opposite Jacob Haas &Co. White Hall Street
Atlanta, Ga, .T;u, 'j, 4 !• ly.
FULTON HOUSE,
Atlanta, Georgia.
1 THE undcrrigr.ed teke this method of
_ informing the publicithal they are the Pro-
s of th * ffiMifffiHMI
praetors of the Fulton House which is now be*
ing fitted up with new Furniture, on which, with
other ftpperidttgeK, they i'eel prepared to make
their guesU C'/rnfertab!e. They pledge their
efforts togivc satisfaction to their gov-sts. Trav
elling custom ix respectfully eolicitcd. ^ ■
Fkascis m. Alle.v, Book Keeper.
Jon* 5. KEiiVKS, A. K. REEVES,
of Augiirta, Ga. of Home, Ga,
Atlanta, Feb. 20, ’55. ly
MfcsTERX &
DALTON’, GA.
BY MRS- MARTHA W- FIKLD.
and elegant Hotel,
_ _ ailton Street and the
ot of the Western k Atlantic ^Railroad, is
itow open for the reception of travellers and
visitors. No paii& wilPbe spared to make it
equal to any House on the road, and to render
•comfortable, such as may call. The rooms arc
large, and welt ventilated. Persons visiting
and thelmountaius in Murray
l no difficulty in procuring hor-
s to conrey them to cither of
ft®* ▼
► Copper Mines,
3lad:
i .. 4i «
iy- ssj*
I want (who does not want ?)—a wife,
Affeetiocate and lair,
To solace all the woes of life,
And all its joys to share;
Of temper sweet—of yielding will,
Of firm, yet placid mind;
With all my faults, to love me still,
With sentiment refined.
And as time’s car incessant runs,
And fortune fills my store,
I want of daughters and of sons
Fobbed right and nothing more.
I want (arias! can mortal dare,
On earth such bliss to crave ?)
That all the gfrls be chaste hod fair—
The bays all wise and brave..
And when my bosom darling sings
With melody divine,
A pedal harp of many strings
Most with her voice combine.
A piano qxquisiUly wrought
Most open stand opart;
That all my. daughters may he tanght,
To win the stranger’s heart -
My wife and daughters will desire
. Refreshments froraperfumes,
Cosmetics for the skin require,*
And artificial blooms,
The Civet fragrance shall dispense
And treasured sweets return;
Cologne revive th* flagging sense,
And smoking amber born.
And when at night my weary head
Begins to droop and doze,
Asoathera chamber holds my bed
_ For nature’s soft repose ;
With blankets, counterpanes and sheets,
, Matress and bed of d ijm,
And comfortables for my feet,
Add pillows for my crown.
I want a warm and faithful friend
To cheer the adverse hour,
Who never to flatter will descend
. Nor bend the knee to power ;
A friend to chide me when I’m wrong
Mjr inmost soul to see!
And that my friendship prove os strong
For him, as bis for me.
I want a kind and tender heart,
For other’s wants to feel
A soul secure from fortune’s dart,
A bosom armed with steel—
To bear divine chastisement’s rod
'And mingling in my plan,
Submission'to the will of God,
And charity to man.
I wont a keen observing eye,
An ever listening ear,
The truth through all disguise to spy,
: And wisdom’s voice to bear.
I wont uninterrupted health,
Throughout my short career,
And streams of never failing wealth
To scatter for and near,
The destitute to clothe and feed,
; Free bounty to bestow ;
Supply the helpless orphan’s need
And soothe the widow’s woe.
I want the genius to eoneeive
The talents to nnfold'
Designs tbo vicious to retries*
Tho virtuoaB to uphold*
Inventive power, combining skill;
A persevering soul. . * _
Of human heart fo mould the will,
And reach from Pole to Pole.
I want the seals of power an
The ensign of command 1
Charged with tbo Pi
To rule uiy native.
The Westers Plain—Soothers Pacific
B. R.—The idea generally entertained that the
Immense sand plains lying between the Missis
sippi and Rocky mountains must remain forever
unsettled and uncultivated, on aoeount of the
scarcity of watersnd fuel,.is likely to undergo
a change. The Missouri Republican, of the
15th ult. in speaking on this subject, says:—
“Scientific men are now exploringthese plains
or prairies, and from the little we hear of their
researches, the prospect appears good that an
phnndence of coal and water can be obtained at
a small outlay of money and' labor. Successful
experiments have .been made in testing the
practicability of boring artesian wells, aud fife'
result is most satisfactory. In one instance,*
near the Paoos river, about the 32d pnralel, at
the depth of six hundred and fifty feet, the
greatest abundance of perfectly pure water was
obtained. Besides the operation developed the
existence of coal beds, easily accessible, and, as
far as the -experiments, have progressed, evi
dently underlying the whole of that immense
country.
“The importance of this discovery will at once-
be apparent. If rivers cannot be created by
these wells, water sufficient may be obtained
for all the purposes of irrigation, and thus the
plains may become as thickly inhabited and the
land rendered as praductive as any other por- ■
tion of our oountry. With plenty of coal for
fuel, the want of timber will hardly keep.back
the pioneer; for the materials for buildings are-
too numerous to admit of such a supposition.—
The thorn will doubtless grow as well there as
here, and live hedges, even in sections where
forests are abundant, ore pew adopted by the
former.
“The expedition for making these observa
tions and experiments on the great Western
prairies was sent bnt by the government only
a short time sinee, and it certainly ‘may be con-
siderod, with the success which has attended
the-experiment, as one : of tho ■ most important
' (that bSs Tjcert cotnuhcsioned- "Iniiuona ofaCfcIT
of tha best lands will thus he opened to agri
cultural enterprise, and the country lying be
tween the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains,
instead of remaining a desert waste, doomed to
solitude and ■ barrenness, will become settled
with an energetic population, dad pour its “rich
products into the Isfp'of commerce.
“We shall soon have the report of the expe
dition from thfr Department at Washington, no
doubt In the meantime the information ob
tained on the subject from a private source
justifies the most sanguine anticipations.”
We copy the above, to which our attention
baa been directed, from the Charleston (Xitrfer,
hot only for the interesting and important ^in
telligence it contains, but for the purpose of
remarking that the “Pacos river about the 23d
paralel,” is precisely on the line of the Southern
Pacific railroad! There*can be no doubt that
this route Is not only perfectly feasible but the
very best by which the rich commerce of the
Paeifiecoost'can be reached.
Mi
Sqvir*?—Not long since when
at one of tho stations on the
Irie road, a curious looking ge-
>ping anxiously through the
irsons on tbs platform
B*d to an Individ
his head
sekoned
3g I
: the mam’s
i for those
is an
ont of the: window
ear in a cautious tone, but loud
In the vtoiniiy to hear him: f.
“My friend, can yon tell m<$ If
officer of justice hear heref”
“No,I cannot,” ropliod the man;
Stranger, here myself.”
. “By gracious, that's had!” exclaimed the
inquirer. “I am sorry for that—tho oars will be
off again In five minutes—Fd like to know if
there’s one around—what’ll I do ?” and out of
the car he bounded, and was soon upon tho
platform, running first to one cud and then to
another, inquiring if there was an officer around.
Very soon,the rumor got abroad , that an im>
mense''jobbery had taken, place, and the news
fled froth month to mouth, till it reached the
ears of an old resident; who anxious for tbo hon
or of the town, rushed off after the squire who
lived hard by, and just as the cars were about
starting, they arrived on the ground together,
breathless with haste.
. “Where’* the maw that wanted an officer?”
Inquired the squire when be could get breath.
“Here, he is !” shouted twenty voices at once
in ah excited tone,* pointing out the individual
who made the inquiry. * ’
“Are you ran Officer of justice?” said the
latter, lookipgnt the squire intently.
“Yes, yes,” was the reply, “what have you
been robbed of, and where's the man yon wish
to have flrrested ?”
“Then I’m satisfied,” said tho man, without
answering the interrogatory, and he was* about
entering the'car again.
5 “But where’s the man that has been robbed?”
again asked the squire with some impatieneo,
“and where’s-the.thief, why don’t you poiot
him out at once?”
“I didn't say nothin’ about no main bein’rob
bed!” replied the inquirer—“and didn't want
you to arrest neither—I only wanted to know
if you was around, and now I'm satisfied. The
steam whistle uttered a shriek just then, and
the-train started.
Mann on Mas.—Very lately the
tee Mann delivered a lecture at Ba
e Hon. Hor
ace JUann delivered a lecture at Baffalo on the
common nature of man and brute/’ of which
the Buflaloi Qommercial gives the following
pifolfjmopais :
“He treated man sympathetically, taking
him up by pieoomeal. First man with the
inouth and hands, the gormandizer and grasper,
wns considered. In this fractional condition he
wa8 8hpwo to.be very much below the brute,
nd tho speaker tobk.occasion at this point to
’IVfl ft tftmnArnnftft lanfttva " cnvinrr mnrn Sn’inn
give a temperance lecture,' saying more in 1 ten
miantes than most speakers on the snhje.ct eoold
do in os many hours. ‘Next man was consider
ed with a covering, in which a good deal was
said on the foolish display in dress. Then
came vanity and egotism, with their exhibitions
of bumnn-weakness. Next the sox was consid
ered, and here.Mr. Mann was ironiolo and elo-
quent in the higbest’degree. Subsequently was
added the lore of accumulation, then comba-
Uvenef8 and destructiveness. Here' the. audi
ence hadJV .great sermon on the horrors and
wickedness .pf war, second only in roundness of
periods,-end musical nnd rublime flow of lan
guage, to Robert Hall’s. To man was Bextad-
ded the idcjvofselflth Gftd, in which part of tbo
lecture, bigotry, intolerance, and all wars mid
persecutions in the name of Religion, woro han
dled with just severity. Conscience wns at Inst
uJ<lca, aua then man began to rise above the
brute. Finally came loro to man and Jove to
God, (benoyolcime imd piety,) and man soared
to fellowship and equality with the angels. The
lecture was full of fine illustrations/ brilliant
antitheses,kepq wit and healthy sentiments, elo
quently expressed. Mr. M. .spoke, more than
an hour and a half, yet be held the attention of
tbo audience to the Iasi moment.”
are not mado, a large salary ought to be gir.
on.
With these changes, we have no doubt bnt
that the Supreme Court will realise tbo bright
est expectations of its friends, and give stability
and certainty to tho law. *
Death-
Mon soldom think ofthe great event of doath
until the shadow foils aoresa their own. pAtb,
biding forever from their eyos the traces of the
loved ones whose living smile was the sunlight
Doath is the great antago-
nistWItt, and the cold thought of the tomb if
the skeletob of nil feasts. We do not want to
go through tbo dark valL-v, oilliou-li its pns-
sago may lead to paradise frad with Charles
Lamb, we do not want to lie down in tbo mud
dy grave, oven with kings and princes for our
bed fellows. But the fiat of Nature is inexora.
ble. There is no appeal or relief from tbo
great law which dooms ns to dust We flour
ish and fade as the leaveaof the forest, and the
flower that blooms and withers in a day, has
not a frailer'hold on life than the mightiest
roonaroh that ever shook the earth with his foot!'
steps. Generations of men appear and vanish
as the gross, and tho countless multitude: that
throngs the world to-day, will to-morrow dis
appear as the footprints on the shore.
In the beautiful drama of Ion, the instinct of
immortality so eloquently ottered by the death-
devoted Greek, finds a deep response in every
thoughtful soul- When about to yield his
young existence as a sacrifice to fate, hi# be
loved Clemanthe asks if they shall not meet
again, to which be replies:
“I havo asked that dreadful question of the
hills that look eternal; of the flowing streams
that flow forever, of the stars among whose
fields of aznre my raised spirit hath walked to
glory. All were dumb. But while I gaze up
on thy living face, I feel therms somethtng in
the love, that mantles through its beauty that
cannot wholly perish. We shall meet again,'
damantheT”
Anoeher Declnesion.—Ex-Senator Dickin
son, of New York, has declined to lecture on
the slavery question in Boston. Ho says:
“To lecture upon this disturbing subject,
unless it is proposed to act npoh it, would seem
to be a barren and profitless gratuity; add iff
with which we have no right to interfere. They
left this question in other times, according to
to the true sense of tho Constitution, to the
people of New York and Massachusetts, with
all its respon8ibilUies.and irritations, to dis
pose of in their own good time and manner; and_
may we not, in the same confiding spirit, leave
Jong since to leave thii question where the Con
stitution left iti were I to accept jocyr invita
tion, I would choose for my theme “ The Duty
"of the People of these Free States,”and wouldl
endeavor, to inculcate the valued, admonitions
of the Father of our Country upon sectional
.disturbances. Lest, however, a formal lecture,
as proposed by your Course, even invoking'dlon-'
intervention in the. affairs of- sovereign States^
might be construed into an admission, that it
was an open question, and that by the same
rule others might arraign and assail, I have de
termined that I shall best: contribute to pre-
State Norval ScHoot.—We are glad to see
that Mr. Hatton, the Representative from
Wilson, has introduced a bill to establish in
Tennessee a State Normal.School, for the edu
cation of Teachers. This project will mek tbo
hearty approval of every'friend of education in
the State. Similar schools have beon estab
lished.in other States, tiud in every instance
have worked admirably. The great difficulty
in tho way of the sudccss of tho educational
system in tho Sonth has ever beeb-the want of
teachers educated among tt?, acquainted with
onr habits and peculiarities, and of us in every
respect nine-tenths, ayeetore, of onr best teach
ers are educated in tho North.
The importance of teachers being educated
expressly for'that profession, we believe is not
questioned at this day! Every one who has had
the least experience or Opportunity for observa'
tion, admits it But we designed only at pres
ent to call attention to the movement 'Which
has been made, and express onr approbation of
it, reserving for a more leisure moment some
farther comments upon the subject.— Whig. ,
Occupation! what^aglorious thing it is for
orthardseb
the human heart Those who workhard seldom
yield themselves entirely up .to fencied Or real
sorrow. When griaf sits down, folds its hands,
and mournfully feeds upon its own tears, weav
ing the diru shadows, that a little exertion might
sweep away .into a funeral pall, the strong spirit,
is sbqrhe of its might, and sorrows become our
master. When troubles flow upon, dark and
heavy, toil not with the waves—wrestle not
with the torrent!—rather seek by occupation,
to divert the dark waters that threaten to over
whelm you, into a thousand channels which tho
duties of life always present Before you dream
of ft, those waters will fertilize the present, and
give birth to fresh* flowers that may brighten
the future—flowers that will becofne pure and
holy, in tbei sunshine which penetrates to the
path of duty, in spite of every obstacle. Grief,
after all, is bnt a selfish feeling; and most sel
fish is tho man who yjelds himself to the indul
gence of any passion which brings no joy to his
fellow man.
Kentucky Hoo Trade.— The Louisville
Times estimates that at least one hundred thou-,
sand more bogs will be killed in that State this
season than were killed in that State last year,
with an average Increase in weight of about 20
S er cent. Up to Saturday evening last 8,339
ad been kflfed in Louisville, where the prices
then were $0,50@$6,85 net. Tho same paper
notes purchases of 20,000 or 25,000 hogs, by
dealers, at*$6 gross, equal to about $6,85
from, the hooks. On green .river in Konti '
othcr’point# on the rivek' The number killed
on Green and Cumberland rivers will be
siderable in excess rtf last year.
Beauty.—Lot mo' sec a ’female possessing
the beany of a meek and modest deportment—
of an eye that bespeaks intelligence and purity
Sermon to Young Men.—A Sermon to young
men was preached Tast evening at St Peter’s
Choreb, by the pastor, Rev. J. A. Shanklln.—
The discourse was drawn.from the 18th chapter
and 12th verse of 1st. Kings, “I, tby servant,
feared the Loyd from ihy youth,” The congre
gation was large, and a deep and pervading in
terest in the service! vis manifested by all.'
- The force of example for-good or evil, was'
tho leading,point of the sermon ;. and (he firm
ness and decision of pious Obadiah was held up
as au example worthy of imitation, which the
wickedness X>f Ahab’s court could not coutaminf
ate., Tho dangerous influence of wealth and
woroTy'pleasures was prominently pointed out
by th# reverend speaker, and the wrecks that
bad been, drives upon these dangerous shoals
of human folly and delusion.
Hannibal stood at the foot .of tbo Alps with
bis vast army, beyond whose craggy^cllffs, and
snow capped pcaks, lay the trophies that were
to deck his.triumphal entry into the capital of
the.proud misstress of the world; but be falter
ed not in bis course, ahd with indomitable ener
gy and pWrseverenee/bo Surmounted every ob
stacle, and soon his victorious troops were
thundering at the gates of imperial Rome. At
a later date, Napoleon stood on the plains be-
low 1 , with the flower cf tho French army at his
back, and : saw rising before those same moun
tain barriers; but up their precipitous sides,
and over tbeir icy summits he dragged his'
cannon, and soon the victorious eagles ofFrance
was floating over the plains of Egypt. The
energy and perseverance of these immortal he
roes were hpld upas worthy the imitation ofthe
Christian hero, who was fighting the battles of
hi3 King against tho powers of darkness.—
Charleston Mercury.-
The Movements op Walier and ms Men.—
A correspondent.of the Star, writing from San
Juan del Sud, Nicaragua, on tbo. No*
vomber, says:
“This town is nothing more than a stopping
placofor steamers, dependent entirely for life
Education. |
This great cause, the ciyise of man (n all hii
relations, seem* as yet to have rMeived little
or no atteution froin tbe assemblsd wisdom and
patriotism in the Capitol of onr State. It fo
true, at the opening of the Legislature, his Ex-
cellanojt read an accustomed homily-on’Such
oocwuoo8 aD<irecommend*d notfaingas on .oth
er points. Within s lew day#, Mr. Lewis, in
tbo Home of Representatives, has introduced
a bill “ to constitute a board- of Education in
each county to licence, teachers, and abolish the
poor sohool system.” We know not. wbat are
the entire objects ahd aims of tbis bill,
THE HEART.
whether it baa. any further aim than to •change
in some-respeetittae miserable-poverty stricken
system of poor schools, now in operation. We
i$id -hope, when we bad learned • sometinng of
tho intelligentebaraeteref the present Logisla-
i <i»i r in iii imn
ness and patriofrtin to tsdfocofee sttqjAtoWards
establishing, for the people, sometbidg like a
common or free school system. - It fo not worth
while for us to descant or read a long essay on
such a subject; true, we must say that sinee
the year l836, tbe demand, the causes which
make the demand for practical common sense
education in Georgia, have.been maltipliefrteu-
fold. Since that time all our Rail Roads J»ve
been eoustruoted-; the means and necessity for
communication with other parts of the world,
which must be done by educated people, have
been tenfold increased. The demand and pla.
ces growing out of these great avenues of com-
munication, for educated person# has been at
least tenfold increased. Tho demand, indeed,
has-eorrespondingly increased tu all the avdea-
tions and relations of life daring 4his period in
Goofgia, apd yet, shame to say it, bo for as the'
education of; the male; portion, in {miticular, of
our. people ^re concerned,: we ate." Author be
hind than twenty years ago. And daring all
tbis time of physical progress noba single 4tep
has been made fonarda-proyidfog for the intel-
lectual advanoement of the mass of the people.
We repeat, we look/add we '’'-believe the people
of Georgia look and expect the present Legis
lature to do something towards providing the
masses with schools. We believe the people
are willing aad ready to he taxed, and taxed
heavily, if need be, if a common sbbool sys-
tcmcan but be established. The improvements
and necessities, growing out of tiieso which we
action is proposed, itmnsthave relation, to ^tbq. have referredto, warrant 'ns inthinkiUg so. It
domestic concerns of our sovereign eqnafs, is a'sbauie andscandal for the grest Slate-rtf
nr! *3* mltaoL mm Lmmm mm -- L A A —. A fTl 1. .AmmmJm aT. — tt IN f — — rt»_ 1 m .% r*e .< «■ -
it to those .npon whom it rests? Determined of education, if.lt'require# them to sit until
S eorgia, the “ Empire State of the South,” with
ir thoutand~mih>9 of Rail Road, to^ have fo
confesa that 43,009 white citizen* in her tern- '
tory can neither read nor write. We know
that'.jtha Logntatarehas much and important
busfoieaLbefara tbsin, but«# hafotley
something for the cause of a common astern
of AflnftfiH'nn — ; —- 4W»m alt
Maroh next todo-ii>~*-I{ejxwbilce3ui^pueepli*e.
An»i»^Batt fiaw men dfo of ngei ^Afniost aU
die-of- disappointment, -pasrional, mental/ or
,bod^y tag, m accidant.. < The maastods- kilt-men
Bomatimasi even suddahly- The common ex
pression. choked .with passion, has little exag-
geration in it; fereven though not indde'ply
fetal, strong passions shorten life. Strong bod
ied men often die. young—weak men Ihre long
er than strotig, for the stong use their strength,
aml tbo weak; have rione'.to use. Tho latter-
take eare of thetnsfelvos, tbo’ fimnCr do not "As
it is.with
serre tbo-pubiic peace by declining to take-.fo is. with the body, soiYis.with the mind and
*P*rt in.the.-proposedSd.iscussion.” . ' \ fenqfefcif.YMwfoBafuiiig sgfec*a>Aqo nVrsMq ur, like
the candle, to run; the weak -barn ont. The
If tboa hast crushed a flow or,
The root may not be blighted;
If thou bast quenched a lamp,
Once ntpre it may be lighted ;
But on tby harp, or on thy lute,
Tbe string that thou hart broken,
Shall never in sweet sound again
Give to tby touch a token.
If thou hast loosed a bird,
Whoso voice ofsong would cheer thee,
Still, still, he may be won
From the skies to warble near thee ;
But if upon the troubled fee.
Thou hast a gem unheeded,
Hope Dot that wind or wave will bring
The treosor back when needed.
If thou hast bruised a vine,
The summer’s warmth is healing,
And-it.* clusters still may glow
Thro’(he leaves their bloom revealing;
But if thou bast a cup o’ertbroWn,
With bright draught filled—oh 1 never
Shall give earth back that lavished
wealth '
To cool thy parched lip’s fever.
The heart is like that cup,
If thou waste tbe love it bore thee;
Ahd like that jewel gone,
Which tho deep will not restore;
And liko that stream of harp and lute,
Whence the sweet sound is scattered;
Gently, oh 1 gently touch the chords
So soon forerer shattered 1.
Electric Gun.—Mr. D. C. Mitchell, one of
.the Dumfries militia, has invented an electric
cannon. It is fired without a touch hole, by
means of electricity. The conducting and rion-
ducting wires are introduced into tbe cannon
daring its manufacture, and cut off close to tho
surface—so that in the event of the gun falling
into the hands of an enemy, they would fail to
discover, at least for some timo,how the cannon
was discharged. Having ho touchhole it can
not of coarse be spiked ; and it is said it will
last four times longer than the ordinary can
non.
Arbival of Congressmen at Washington
—Caucus Movements.—Washington, Nov. 28.
—More than fifty members of Congress have
arrived hero, and others are coming by every
train. The Republicans and Fasionist3 hore
have already consulted together expressing
their’readiness to meet in c&acus for the nom
ination of the officers of tho House, with all
the, opponents of tbe Administration, irrespec
tive^ of any distracting political issues. The
Anti-slavery Americans, will, they say, posi
tively refuse to .meet their , non intervention
brethren in caucus as a distinctive party, while
several Democrats threaten that if in the Dem
ocratic caucus the support of the Kansas and
Nebraska- act shall bo insisted, on as a,test of
orthodoxy, they will withdraw from their cau
cus/ iV ' . :
upon the Nicaragua Company. There may be
from 300 to .400 inhabitants, and'most of the
buildings are hotels, kept gonCrally by Amer
ican#. Walkor“ha3'-established himself and
conquered a peace; and from the tenor of. the
newspapers one would suppose that d new era
was dawning on Nicaragua. Costa Rica on the
south, and Honduras on the northeast, have
pronounced against Walker, and the papers
from Casta Rica received last night cry-
“ Death to the Americans.”
Many men are expected from San Francisco
in the next steamer to join Walker, and if he
be not shot, poisoned, or.killed in some way,
there is hut ljttle doubt that ho will triumph
overall that enn be brought against him; but
should he die/anarchy and confusion would
inferior animals/ which live/Tn general;regu
lar and temperate lirAs, bavs^-gsiK*]]; their
prescribed term of years. Tbo horse lives
twenty-five years. tbo ox fifteen or twehty; the
lion about twenty; the dog. ten to twelve; the
rabbit eight; the guineapig six to 'seven years.
upon the passengers coming and going,and j .Tb e s e numbers all beara aimilar proportion to
again reign, for there is not a man in his party
The Supreme-Court.—Important Reforms
Nebded..—We heretofore intimated that it was
eye that bespeaks
within—of the tips that #pbolPno { guild
use seC in her a kind and benevolent disposition
—a heart that can sympathize with distress—
and I wilt never ask forHho beauty that dwells
in “ruby lips,” or “flowing tretses,
/’nr tflAfVirlv ntfi*«• ntnnitxmna
bad policy to increase the salary attached to an
offieo forthe purpose ofmaking it worthy ofthe
acceptance of any individual, no matter how
worthy,or distinguished that individual might
be of the honor proposed to be conferred upon
him. We have no idea of treating from this
position. But now that all the offices of tbe
Supreme Court are filled, we ore clearly of the
opinion that importantreformaought to be made
in its organization. Too much riding is re
quired of the Judges. It is a wasteof time and
physical pow#i for them to perambulate the
State from one to the other for the poor purpose
of accommodating the membsrs of the bar. No
doubt the leading idea with the framers of the
Constitution in making the Court porambulato
ry was to make it convenient to suitors. But
we all know that clients hardly ever enter its
nortals. Why then keep up this useless farce ?
We hope tho.prcsont Legislature will alter the
act organizing the Court and require the judges
to visit as few places as possible under the Con
stitution,'abd'that they will take the initiatory
step to locate the Court permanently at the scat
of government. Another important reform nnd
one rnuob needed is, that more time be given to
the judge to pronounco their decisions. It is
an intolerable burthen to raqnire tbe judges to
hold courts at places destitute of - law libraries
nnd^yet compel them to pronounco the law upon
the most intricate questions which may arise
utaderour artificial anil complicated system of
laws during the term at which it is argued.—
When these reforms nro completed, a very,
light increase of salary will make the office of
Judge of the Supremo Court Worthy of the accep
tance of our most distinguished lawyors. We
plfioo no reliance npon the exagerated reports
, wo hear ofthe annual ineoiho of members of ibs
bsrr ^AGiadyor ih full practice ab^qifoflrt head
competent, or with brains enough to take
place.
Walker was offered the Presidency, but do*-
dined it, aud is called tbe Coramander-in-Chi6f
of the army, but he is in fact tbe ruler of the
country. Ho is a small man in stathre, with
light hair and complexion, and glittering grey
oyes that seem to Bierce you through. One
would take him, at first view, to be a mere coun
try lad, without dignity or talent, bnt he-is
absolutely worshipped by his men. The opo
site party look upon all Americans as filibusters,
upon ;tho Nicaragua Transit'Company as fili
busters, and npon tbe United States as the
greatest filibuster of all.
the railroad to tbo Pacific, in which the route
A Word of Advicb.—Complaint'is alrcaSBy* ‘'through' Texas is advoeated in a : very liberal
very general on the part of the new as well as and intelligent spirit After viewing the Gov-
the old members of* Congress, of the high price ornmient reports, and Congressional action
charged at our principal hotola-for board. They thereon, the conclusion is arrived at that the
remark, very justly as it seems to up, that they Government has substantially, abandoned the
can peroeivenUgOodTeasonvr'hy 'the ptioe of feonstruotion of aoy road on it# own account,
months. They say that $12 a week ought to
secure a room, of fair dimensions, with board
at the table d’hote, for a permanent boarder.
If a parlor Is required in addition, of course an
extra charge faexpected—say $6 per week for
a small parlor—making $18 per week in all.
A great majority of the Senators and Mem.
hers would prefer a hotel to ,a private house,
were it not for the high cost of living at the
former. So that by a redaction of present ho
tel charges twenty-five per cent., all tho princi
pal hotels would be filled without difficulty, and.
the aggregate'receipts of the proprietors mate
rially increased thereby.
Calcutta Tiiaab qf Boston.—This trade
has attained an importance at the present time,
which was tittle dreamed of by the pioneer
bouses in the business. Within the memory
of tbe writer, the trado was carried on by a few
housos at Boston and Salem, in small ships and
brigs of two to three hundred tons burthen!
These ships brought assorted cargoes'of various
kindsof goods, but not greater quantities of tbo
heavier kinds of merchandise, such as linseed!
saltpetre, bides, hemp, Ac. Since that timo,
and especially within the last few years, this
trade has Increased with great rapidity, and
has bocome one of tho largest branches of bu
siness pursued from this port. Tho importa
tions of linseod at Boston are enormous, and
almost rival In quantity thoso of Indian corn.
During the year-ending Sept. 1st, 1854, nearly
nine hundred thousand bushels were imported
into Boston. There were also brought from
Calcutta 238,000 gunny hags, 10,000 bales do.,
120,000 bags saltpetre, 10,000 bales hides Ac.,
a constant floot of ships arriving from tho East
Indies, with enormous cargoes, in comparison
hands/’ or tbe forty other'
our poets have harped for 19 many ages. Tht
fade, when touched by the hand of
tboss ever enduring qualities of tbo henrt shall
outllrelhe reign of time, an® grow brighter
mi fresher, as the ago# of Eternity roll away.
thea^ffo’ifofo^ tMs then a cargo tyNBErYork Eml Pfattwdclphia.—
■^ver/are not alway* the pro foamiest lawyer# ; Bestsi* flWwlttr.
they ATe mere ndveOates, an’d make their largest
foes in criminal cases. We do not want such
VindiNt-v Looking Up.—At a special oleotioh
A Stone bos boon invented for tbe comfort of
travelers. Itls pnt Under the feet, and a mns-
for.i ]-lnator 1 «|fo»SHiwT 4e ft dj_y r hlcli i draws tire
men on tho bench. The solid men of tho’prm*' 'held for State Senator, in tho senatorial dts-
Tealize more thnn $3,600, trict composed of Hardy; Morgan and Hamp
and at thrat figure we would plnee tho salaries
of tho Judges of tho Supremo Court If, how-
beat through tho whole ays
-shire counties/Arm strong, the American can
didate, was ejeetqd by 232 majority. In tho
last election Wls?s majority was
the time tire, animal takes to grow to -its fnlt
iize.
When the cartnagenousparts of tho*bono be-
come ossified; 4he%ones cease to grow/ This
takes place in aman at about twenty years, On
an average,* in tbe camel at eight; in the
horse at five; in the ox at four; in tbe^dog at
two; in the cat at eighteen months; in tiie rab
bit at twelve; in the guineapig at seven. Five
or six timos these numbers give tiie term of
life; five is pretty near the average, some an
imals greatly exceed ft. Bat man, of all the
animats, i3 the one that sCldom comes up to his
average. He ought to' live a handred years,
according to this physiological law, for five
times twenty are one hundred ; but instead of
tliat, he scarcely reaches, ’on the ' average, four
tifoes his growing-period; the cat six times;
and the rabbit evieti eight times the standard
of measurement. The reason is obvidns—man
is not only the most irregular arid the' most in
temperate, but!the most laborious and hard
worked of all-animal#. Ho is also the most
irritablo of all’animals; and there is reason to
believe, though we cannot toll what an animal
secretly feels/ that, more than any other ani
mal, man cherishes wrath to keep it warm, and
consumes himself with the fir* of bis own se
cret reflections.—Blacktcood’e Magazine.
An Electric Gun.—Mr. D. C. Mitchell, of
the'Dumfries militia, has invented on electric
cannoQ. It is fired without a touch-hole, by
.means of electricity. The conducting and non
conducting wires are introduced into the can
non during its manufacture, and cut off close to
:tbo surface—so that, in the event of the gun
falling into the bands of an enemy, they would
fall to discover, at least for some time, how th©
cannon discharged* Having no foach-
hole, it cannot, of oourse be spiked; and it is
said that it will-last four times longer than tho
present ordinary cannon.
The Resources and Commercial Safety
of OUR Country.—A writer in the New York
Journal of' Commerce, who seems to have paid
considerab!e'*attentian to the subject, contends
that there is no reasonable ground f;r anything
like money panic, and asks—what is the true
state ofthe case? In the'first place, he says our
country was never so rich as-at the present
time. What are her resources ?
Cotton $150,000,000
Cereals, . 500.000,000
Sundries other than nbor9 150,000,00©-'
Gold products per annum , 45,000,000
ff
A9&
Total $845000,000
From this we shall probably realize by our
shipment# abroad folly $50,000,000 more than
our crops have, in the most prosperous years,
ever before produced us. Our importations for
this year will be some thirty or forty millions
less than in the year 1854, aud our foreign in
debtedness far advanced in liquidation, (Imbal
ance at the credit of foreign houses with our
bankers here, boing about half what it was some
three or four months ago.
Pacific Road through: Texas.
The Cincinnati Railroad Record contains a
very carefolly written article’on the subject of
♦ Vl rt VG »1 soft J +a fVn DnntftA in ntLIaV IKm
uniform mildness rif the climate, and thO great
saving of distance, are urged with great force.
They are the same urged in the report, to the
New York capitalists, of which we took partio*.
ulnr notice some time ago, and it is gratifying
to see them so well appreciated in intelligent
quarters, where a different interest was looked
for.. • • " • •
The Record ^pursues tbe subjeot leading to
tho conclusion th at -the land -grants of Texas,
for the construotion of the road through her
limits,forin a basisnpon which the road era be
fbuiiti t The principal authority ftnr tho statistics
>f these computations, is tbe report Of Engineer
13ray/to bo found among the Congressional
documents.. His conclusion,it will be remem
bered, is, that the-land grants of Texas may be
estimated, for building of the road, at the,enor
mous sum of- $44,789)760, nnd tho Coat of the
road through Texas at about $20,000,000; so
tbat-the/oadcould bo constructed on that basis,
through the whqfo breadth—seven hundred aud
eighty-three miles—and a fund be .stiU lcft.bf
nearly twepty-five millions of dollars. From
El Paso tv the California, the estimato of Col.
Gray aslre for $16,200,000,for the building of
the road, and $S 631,720 from tho road to the
portion of California to San Pedro to San Die
go. The whole cost.of the road, therefore, is
set down as less than the sum which its con
struction would realiz'd from tho land grants of
of Texas; but the sum depends on the bo'nplo-
tion of the road throughout* As a partial road,
local'forTexas and the east, it would not pay
aU) fis Gov, Pease in his late message ex-
at length. The Record -thinks it is
tbe region of possibility that this basic
for such a work ean be mad© available, and ro-
Old Grapes.-—The Richmond American ac
knowledges the receipt of a few Fox Grapes, of
the mature age of fifty years 1 They were found
on the 8th of October, by Mr. James C. Carter,
on his. farm in Goochland county, Virginia.—
They were buried in the spring of 1805, Laving
been pnt in an air-tight jar and sealed with ro
sin. The negro who bnried them was sold soon
after, and the grapes were not fonnd till this
fall. They lay three feet below the surface.
/ A Difference of Opinion.—Two preacher#
•were recentlyjn the same pulpit—While one
was preaching he happened to say* “When A-
brahatn built the ark.” The one behind him
strove to correct his blonder by saying out
loan, “Abraham tcrtm’t thar.” But the spea-
er proceeded 00 heedless of tho interruption, and
only occasion shortly to repeat, still more deci
dedly,, “I say, when Abraham built tho ark.”
‘ And I say, cried out tho other, “Abraham
foarn’tthar.” The preacher was too hard to bo
beaten down in this way, and addressing tho
people^ .exclaimed, with great indignation, “I
say Abraham was thar. or thar aborts {”
Bird B. Chapman, the Democratic Candidate,
has been eleoted territorial delegate to Congress
from Nebraska Territory.
Dr. Beale, the Philadelphia Dentist whose
trial and conviction excitod so much public at
tention about a year sinee, has been liberated
from prison, having received a pardon from
Gov. Pollock* _
H, ks vory plausiblo on. papor. ..Tho
with thoso of former’ years. At the last mw Tmytuytj^feJyfeithfelUaigjeriaLipg uSL
cospjtosoine twenty five xhip^moiitiy owned in Dcoiiroged oiany, ulio^have still confidence in
uMvriuch nicy promise. Tho Railroad v Re-
and ord, acknowIfidgfag.UifofoBg^UMg?
tios,. is hopeful that they may bo overcome.
To uccoiaplisb it,'demands’‘/a groat concentra
tion of iiionns, grout prudo’nce and energy in
41, A •« Ami. (1/tU ' rtf (La ittauI, >\n/1 rt TV ilniivlnr*
done, and why not in tho enterprise which of-
’ors such an iinmenaaund glittering premium
to flWrotMdJ
........ •
tl ltt id
One of the most curious epitaphs we remem
ber to have read is described by a correspond-
eut of the London News, who has recently beoa
examining the borial ground of the British
troops near Balaklava. Ho says:
I copied the following from an nnpainted
piece of deal wood, about one foot long and ten
inches broad, which was lying on a grave
“Sacred to tho memory of Frederick Spatt,
private, Royal Marines, lato of her Majesty’s
ship Belloropon, who departed this life on tho
21st of April, 1855, at the age of 36 years.
Hero ties an old soldier whom all must ap
plaud :
He fought many battles both at homo and a>-
broad; . ..
But the fieriest engagement be over wns in,
Was the battle of self in the conquest of sin/
^SS^The Louisville Times estimates that at
least one hundred thousand more hogs will be
killed in that State this oeasbn than were killed
in that State last year, with an average increase
in weight of ohOut-20 percent Up to Saturday
evening last 3,339 had been killed in Louisville
where the prices thon were $6,50 a 6,80 net.
The same paper notes pnreheses of 2fi,000 or
25,000 hogs, by doalers, at $5 gross, equal to
about $6)8d"from the hooks, On green rivor,
in Kentuoky, extensivo preparations are mado
for slaughtering. AtBowling Green alone it is
expected that 20,000 will be killed and about
10,000at other’-points on the rivor'. The num
ber killed on Groon and Cumberland rivers will
be considerably in excess of last year.
Russian -Talerange.—In Russia, Anabap
tists, Roman Catholics, Lutherans nnd Calvin
ists may-hold tho highest offices in tho State.
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